# Counties in Missouri by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 115 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Louis County | 53,227.3 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 31,317.8 |
| 3 | St. Louis city | 20,440.7 |
| 4 | Greene County | 11,828.5 |
| 5 | St. Charles County | 11,442.3 |
| 6 | Clay County | 8,232.5 |
| 7 | Boone County | 6,794.6 |
| 8 | Cole County | 3,454.6 |
| 9 | Jasper County | 3,399.4 |
| 10 | Platte County | 3,388.2 |
| 11 | Buchanan County | 3,037 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 2,918.1 |
| 13 | Cape Girardeau County | 2,469.8 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 2,346.7 |
| 15 | Cass County | 1,733.4 |
| 16 | Pulaski County | 1,428.2 |
| 17 | Taney County | 1,412.8 |
| 18 | Newton County | 1,293.8 |
| 19 | St. Francois County | 1,172.6 |
| 20 | Johnson County | 1,161.6 |
| 21 | Christian County | 1,110.6 |
| 22 | Pettis County | 1,102.5 |
| 23 | Phelps County | 1,102 |
| 24 | Butler County | 978 |
| 25 | Camden County | 964.4 |
| 26 | Callaway County | 954.1 |
| 27 | Scott County | 942.7 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 800.8 |
| 29 | Howell County | 794.7 |
| 30 | Marion County | 773.2 |
| 31 | Laclede County | 724.1 |
| 32 | Barry County | 703.1 |
| 33 | Perry County | 550.2 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 532.3 |
| 35 | Stoddard County | 527.3 |
| 36 | Adair County | 507.7 |
| 37 | Polk County | 495.5 |
| 38 | Lawrence County | 490.7 |
| 39 | Warren County | 486.3 |
| 40 | Saline County | 467.5 |
| 41 | Lafayette County | 463.2 |
| 42 | Webster County | 458 |
| 43 | Henry County | 453.6 |
| 44 | Audrain County | 438.1 |
| 45 | Nodaway County | 418.3 |
| 46 | Miller County | 412.3 |
| 47 | Ste. Genevieve County | 404.1 |
| 48 | Dunklin County | 403.7 |
| 49 | New Madrid County | 391.4 |
| 50 | Crawford County | 363 |
| 51 | Vernon County | 351.1 |
| 52 | Stone County | 345.2 |
| 53 | Livingston County | 320.7 |
| 54 | McDonald County | 282.2 |
| 55 | Texas County | 280.5 |
| 56 | Pike County | 276.1 |
| 57 | Osage County | 256 |
| 58 | Clinton County | 253.4 |
| 59 | Cooper County | 249.5 |
| 60 | Macon County | 241.7 |
| 61 | Gasconade County | 239.4 |
| 62 | Washington County | 236.2 |
| 63 | Pemiscot County | 224.4 |
| 64 | Morgan County | 223.3 |
| 65 | Ray County | 220.8 |
| 66 | Linn County | 219.8 |
| 67 | Wright County | 219.6 |
| 68 | Moniteau County | 219.3 |
| 69 | Ralls County | 213.3 |
| 70 | Dent County | 193.6 |
| 71 | Iron County | 187.4 |
| 72 | Montgomery County | 187.1 |
| 73 | Bates County | 185.4 |
| 74 | Barton County | 178.1 |
| 75 | Benton County | 173.9 |
| 76 | Madison County | 173 |
| 77 | Cedar County | 167.3 |
| 78 | Mississippi County | 152 |
| 79 | Grundy County | 147.8 |
| 80 | Sullivan County | 144.5 |
| 81 | DeKalb County | 139.9 |
| 82 | Andrew County | 138.7 |
| 83 | Oregon County | 131.2 |
| 84 | Howard County | 130.8 |
| 85 | Carroll County | 129.8 |
| 86 | Dallas County | 124.6 |
| 87 | Lewis County | 122.2 |
| 88 | Douglas County | 120.3 |
| 89 | Harrison County | 116.7 |
| 90 | Gentry County | 115.6 |
| 91 | Ripley County | 108.2 |
| 92 | Wayne County | 107.8 |
| 93 | Chariton County | 96.5 |
| 94 | Reynolds County | 95.6 |
| 95 | Monroe County | 92.7 |
| 96 | Caldwell County | 92.1 |
| 97 | Shelby County | 91.2 |
| 98 | Bollinger County | 89.3 |
| 99 | Daviess County | 85.5 |
| 100 | Atchison County | 84.1 |
| 101 | St. Clair County | 82.7 |
| 102 | Dade County | 82.1 |
| 103 | Holt County | 74 |
| 104 | Hickory County | 68.7 |
| 105 | Shannon County | 67.6 |
| 106 | Scotland County | 65 |
| 107 | Maries County | 64.6 |
| 108 | Carter County | 64.6 |
| 109 | Ozark County | 63.8 |
| 110 | Clark County | 62.1 |
| 111 | Putnam County | 53.8 |
| 112 | Knox County | 48.4 |
| 113 | Mercer County | 46.8 |
| 114 | Schuyler County | 39.7 |
| 115 | Worth County | 15.3 |